The Escape Artists by Neal Bascomb 3.5*s (Veteran's Day) Set in WW1 this novel is about the POWs (of various European countries) held in German POW camps. It is written by a journalist and takes on a presentation style like a reporter would do. It is extremely well researched and presents all of these details in an easily digested way through the many, many escape attempts by several of the POWs collectively and individually. While the book is well done, I did have a moderate dislike for it. I think it was the subject matter as well as the writing style since I don't generally care for a military-centric story nor a third party view of events and people's actions. The people (real as they are) are not delved into for who they were more than a superficial reporting. None the less I am glad I read it -- stretches my literary intake.
Set in WW1 this novel is about the POWs (of various European countries) held in German POW camps. It is written by a journalist and takes on a presentation style like a reporter would do. It is extremely well researched and presents all of these details in an easily digested way through the many, many escape attempts by several of the POWs collectively and individually.
While the book is well done, I did have a moderate dislike for it. I think it was the subject matter as well as the writing style since I don't generally care for a military-centric story nor a third party view of events and people's actions. The people (real as they are) are not delved into for who they were more than a superficial reporting. None the less I am glad I read it -- stretches my literary intake.